Wading through the wonderful world of technology
As the new year rolls in, I’m again reworking our technology plan in the face of paltry budget. The folks in our Tech Task Force smile at the $15,000 for our yearly budget. For some of their businesses, they couldn’t get through the day on those funds. In that sense, I’m upset at the peanuts I have this year.
In my disjointed way, I do revel in the having so little to work with. It forces me to be creative, recycle, breakdown, swap out, repurpose, and salvage. Without this limited budget, probably wouldn’t have even given the Asus eeePC a second glance. I might have ignored open source software with cheery distain as I eyed more shiny and proprietary software. For these reason, I am thankful for limited budget.
Matt Cronin is middle school educator and technology coordinator at a small middle school in Marblehead, Massachusetts. He enjoys breaking things, tearing them apart, and putting them back together again. In his spare time he also finds joy in making square pegs fit into round holes. His geekiness is only limited by vagaries of his attention span. Chronobits.com will serve to contain his ramblings on education, technology, and whatever else may be lingering in his grey matter. Contact me via Twitter or Email - jmpcronin@gmail.com
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